The Godmother Quotes

Romances serve but to feed the imagination of the young; they add nothing to the sum of truth. ~ Kate Chopin

Patience is the mother of all virtues and the godmother of madness ~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon

(Ayn Rand was the godmother of laissez faire capitalism, the Virgin Mary of Libertarianism. She died in 1982. She spent her life attempting to turn selfishness into a religion so that people could claim their greed was grounded in the nature of man. Her heinous ideas and crappy books have given politicians philosophical cover to promote their "greed is good" agenda for decades. ~ Ian Gurvitz

Yeah. All that is called dating." She waves a finger in the air. "You're dating Boyd."

I think I'm going to throw up.

"You might even be engaged," Everly continues. "For all you know... Hey, are you pregnant by any chance? Remember how Sophie didn't know she was pregnant? That might be a thing you can add to your collection of things you don't know are happening." Her eyes light up and she places a hand on her chest. "Can I be the godmother?"

"I'm not pregnant." But I do feel sick. ~ Jana Aston

A common question asked of writers is "When did you decide to become a writer?" The answer, of course, is that we didn't decide anything. It was decided for us. I firmly believe that mythical godmothers make appearances at our cradles, and bestow their gifts. The godmother who might have blessed me with a singing voice did not show up; the goddess of dance was nowhere in sight; the chef-to-the-angels was otherwise engaged. Only one made the journey to my cradle, and she whispered, "You will be a storyteller." ~ Mary Higgins Clark

From her gospel-singing mother Cissy Houston, her legendary pop-diva cousin Dionne Warwick, and her Queen of Soul godmother Aretha Franklin, she [Whitney Houston] inherited gifts for skillfully interpreting lyrics and endowing them with new depth and jeweled nuance. ~ Aberjhani

Anything worth doing is worth overdoing. Are you overdone yet? ~ Charlotte Henley Babb

fairy godmother says it's not a character flaw to care too much, but it can drain you until you have nothing left to give yourself. ~ Amanda Lovelace

Tous mes anciens amours vont me revenir.'
- All my old loves will be returned to me ~ Carolyn Turgeon

My Fairy Godmother is my heart sustaining me. ~ Nikita Gill

There are some things even magic can't fix. ~ Chris Pavesic

So you really could die. Your godmother is right, you know. You are mad as a hatter. Nutty as a fruitcake." "Crazy like a fox," I said. ~ Jim Butcher

You look like Cinderella," said Val in awe.
"Yeah, if she'd been into bondage and had Christian Dior for a godmother. ~ Daniel O'Malley

You, of all people, deserve a happy ending. Despite everything that happened to you, you aren't bitter. You aren't cold. You've just retreated a little and been shy, and that's okay. If I were a fairy godmother, I would give you your heart's desire in an istant. And I would wipe away your tears and tell you not to cry.
-Rachel to Julia ~ Sylvain Reynard

Is it better to have had a good thing and lost it, or never to have had it? ~ Jennifer E. Smith

I'm no Cinderella. No fairy godmother will be coming to my rescue, so it's time to turn these rags into gowns and get ready before my pumpkin ride arrives in two hours. ~ Cecilia Robert

I know women are supposed to stand on their own and all. I get that. But every once in a while it doesn't hurt to wish for a fairy godmother, a little magic, and a happy ending. ~ Jennifer Salvato Doktorski

Aren't fairy godmothers supposed to be nice and make you feel better about yourself?
... No, you're confusing fairy godmothers with sales clerks. ~ Janette Rallison

I was a teenage godmother. ~ Theresa May

It strikes me as horribly ironic that you apparently need a Fairy Godmother to properly manage your courtship of a Fairy Godmother. ~ Jenniffer Wardell

She's kind of like an odd, loud, fierce fairy godmother, isn't she? ~ Gail Carriger

Why do you always rescue me?" - "Every Cinderella needs a fairy godmother. But sometimes your fairy godmother needs you right back. ~ Holly Smale

I met India Arie, who is one of my favorite artists of all time. It was really sweet; I was broken up with a month before, and she stayed up texting me all night and was helping me through it. Her text message looks like a song of hers. She's sort of become my fairy godmother. ~ Ariana Grande

There's nothing more haunted than a house. Doesn't matter where, how grand, how small, made of brick, straw, stone, or gingerbread, whether perfectly cared for or blown to bits. Beings gather there. Every house is a planet, exerting gravitational pull. Every house is in a dark wood, every house has a wicked witch in it, doesn't matter if she looks like a fairy godmother ... ~ Jane Smiley

Always a godmother, never a mother. That sucks. I've got to get me one of those little accessories. ~ Courteney Cox

I lived with my godmother and mother in New Zealand until I was seven. They were both Jungian psychologists and had a homeless shelter for street gang members in New Zealand. ~ Tamaryn

Sometimes a fairy godmother needs more than magic. ~ Chris Pavesic

I've been a godmother loads of times, but being a grandmother is better than anything. ~ Vivien Leigh

Why any self-respecting fairy godmother would pass them over for an inane twit who relied on animals to do her housecleaning was beyond her. ~ Marie Hall

As soon as she got home, she ran to find her godmother, and, after having thanked her, she said she much wished she ~ Anonymous